What's Buzzing: Paul Skenes cardboard chatter, Topps Chrome Update, NFL Week 11, new pulls and more in this Sunday edition.

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What's Buzzing: The Paul Skenes variation Topps should have made -- along with other what-if cards -- plus Mike Tyson vs. Jake Paul, chasing Caitlin Clark Rookie Cards, NFL Week 11 and more in this Saturday edition.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2024 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview, odds & checklist: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (for hobby)

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What: 2024 Onyx Rips Baseball Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 29
Box basics: Five autos per 16-pack box (six boxes per case)
Checklist: See below
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Onyx ends the year with a new line that includes base cards, autographs of NIL standouts, current prospects as well as recent stars and Hall of Famers -- and also cut signatures for a number of legends from the past.

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What: 2024 Leaf Collective Multi-sport trading cards
Arrives: Dec. 13
Box basics: Three autographs and two 1/1 base cards per hobby box (10 per hobby case); One autograph per Solo Edition  pack (30 packs and 10 1/1 base card packs per Solo case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf meshes its three brands into one for this new line with Press Pass, Leaf Metal and Pro Set all leading the way in a multi-sport release that's packed with only ink and 1/1 cards.

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From time to time, Buzz will break a box of something and post the results here. Like this and want to see more? Or maybe there's a box you'd want to see busted? Send Buzz an email at BlowoutBuzz@blowoutcards.com.

The box: 2024 Topps Update baseball cards (blaster)
First Buzz preview & checklist/odds: Click here
Where to buy: BlowoutCards.com (hobby & jumbo)

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What: 2024 Topps Gilded Collection baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 20
Box basics: One Chrome auto and one framed auto per five-card box (six boxes per case)
Checklist: TBD
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: This high-end line from Topps drops for a third year with a pair of autographs in every box -- once again a mix of big potential with a guarantee of Gold Chrome every time.

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What: 2025 Leaf Metal Sports Heroes cards
Arrives: Dec. 6, 2024
Box basics: Three Metal or acetate autos per box (15 boxes per case) or one Metal or acetate auto per Solo Edition box (25 per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Sports Heroes starts off 2025 a little early with an array of stars from around the sports world all in one spot and with a number of autos possible on some cards to amp up the star power even more.

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What: 2024 Topps Stadium Club baseball cards
Arrives: Nov. 6
Box basics: Two autos per 16-pack hobby box (16 boxes per case); One auto per eight-pack compact box (16 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here
Odds: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Stadium Club arrives once again with a pair of box formats for rippers and with plenty of MLB stars and energy inside.

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What: 2024 Onyx Vintage Extended baseball cards
Arrives: October
Box basics: Four autos per regular box (24 packs per, six boxes per case); 10 autos per mega box (10 packs per, six boxes per case)
Checklist: See below
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Onyx's Vintage brand takes the field for a second time this year with its dual-format approach and an array of newly created old-style cards and inclusions as it celebrates baseball with past greats, promising prospects and some other surprises.

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What: 2024 Topps Cosmic Chrome baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 11
Box basics: 20 packs per hobby box (12 boxes -- four autographs -- per case)
Checklist: Click here
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Topps Chrome gets a third "galactic spin on Chrome technology" in the Topps MLB lineup with this one turning its focus to a pair of Yankees and plenty of notable newcomers.

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What's Buzzing: Pondering the National League Rookie Of The Year, Topps Mercury reactions, "bag holder," new pulls and more.

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What: 2024 Panini Impeccable baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 25
Box basics: Five autographs per nine-card box (three boxes per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Impeccable hits the diamond for the first time with Hall of Famers, promising prospects and recently arriving MLB stars all in play as part of a higher-end package.

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What: 2024 Bowman Sterling baseball cards
Arrives: Oct. 9
Box basics: Five autographs per five-pack box (12 boxes per case)
Checklist: Click here 
Odds: Click here 
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Bowman Sterling "raises the bar for prospect and Rookie Cards with an entirely new collection of stunning chrome designs and inserts" this year, according to Topps.

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Elly De La Cruz. That was a name I'd hope for -- but never expect -- from the mystery bargain bin ... but here we are.

This month's ball in the Collecting Game-used series is another from a $30 blind grab-bag kind -- picking only from the known date and teams -- and while I totally did not know it was Pup Night at PNC Park (see the gallery) I did know that both squads have some young notables in play in 2024. There's no Paul Skenes action on this day, of course, as he pitched the day before this one but I knew there would be potential for a price that's close to as cheap as it gets for a game-used baseball.

Keep reading to see the details this time ... and the ball in action.

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What: 2024 Leaf Metal baseball cards
Arrives: September
Box basics: Five autos per seven-card hobby box (12 per case) or 10 autos per 14-card jumbo box (eight per case)
Order: Click here (live soon)

What's buzz-worthy: Metal is back for another go once again with two box formats -- and both still having exclusives and encased proofs among possible finds.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: Talking Olympic cardboard, Paul Skenes, non-sports licensing, Museum Collection and more.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: New pulls, Topps Chrome, The National, Autographics and ... PSA is grading comic books? (Yep.)

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Leaf Trading Cards will have some chase cards up for grabs at this year's National Sports Collectors Convention. 

The company revealed on Thursday its box-break redemption program for the show that kicks off next Wednesday in Cleveland.

A collector who opens a box of one of six Leaf releases at the company's booth during the show will get two promo packs made for this year's show.

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What: 2024 Leaf Electrum Baseball cards
Arrives: Aug. 30
Box basics: Four autographed cards per seven-card box (10 boxes per case)
Order: Click here

What's buzz-worthy: Leaf brings its new line to the diamond with a mix of MLB newcomers, top amateurs on NIL deals, newly drafted players and past legends all together with ink the main -- but not only -- inclusion in this colorful release.

Keep reading for more info and a full gallery.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: Paul Skenes and MLB All-Star chatter, showing off Topps MLB sketch cards, new pulls and more in this all-baseball edition.

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Update (July 14): After the first day of the 2024 MLB Draft, 22 of the 24 eligible players in the card set included in this issue  have been picked, including 13 of the first 14 selected on Sunday night. Overall, 18 were first-rounders, while one of the two 2024 players who went un-drafted actually withdrew to play for LSU next year. For those attending this year's National Sports Collectors Convention in Cleveland, hit the Blowout Cards booth (No. 5,010) on Friday, July 26. Beginning at 11 a.m., the first 500 visitors can get a free copy of the issue.

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Baseball America's annual Draft Preview issue is here and it's jam-packed with facts and other info that all card prospectors simply need heading into the MLB Draft this weekend. The issue also spotlights a few future stars.

The biggest issue of the year features player profiles and scouting reports for 100 players, a list of 100 more to check out beyond those names, a mock draft, comparisons of today's notables to past stars, BA's annual All-America teams for both the college and prep ranks and even, in some copies of this issue, exclusive prospect cards

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: Futures Game chatter, Paul Skenes, new NASCAR pulls, The National and more in this Sunday edition.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: Paul Skenes, The National, new pulls, Caitlin Clark, the Mantle theft and more remain on collectors' minds.

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The Blowout Cards Forums are where thousands of collectors converge daily to discuss, well, a little bit of everything. Here are a few threads about collecting and more that you should check out right now.

What's Buzzing: Paul Skenes, Gunnar Henderson, The National, new pulls, the Mantle theft and "is Kyle Schwarber a Hall of Famer?"

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